A New And General Biographical Dictionary Containing An Historical And Critical
A New And General Biographical Dictionary Containing An Historical And Critical
Balzac, Honoré De, 1799-1850
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This work, now become fcarce, is curious, from the various particulars it contains, on the manners and cuftoms pf the Levantines. COPERNICUS (NiciioLAUs), an eminent aftronomer, was born at Thorn in Pruflia, Jan. 19, 1472. He was taught the latin and greek languages at home, and afterwards fent to Cra- covia, where he ftudied philofophy and phyfic. His genius in the mean time was naturally turned to mathematics, which he purfued through all its branches. He laboured at perfpedtive particularly;... and applied himfelf alfo to painting, in which he is faid to have made fuch a progrefs, as to have drawn a very- good picture of himfelf by the help of a looking-glafs. He had formed a refolution to travel, and began to meditate a journey into Italy: and a traveller, who fet out in queft. Of natural knowledge, fhould, js he juftly imagined, be able not only 6 barely 252 C O P E R N I C U S. barely to fhadow out or give a rough draught, but exactly to . Delineate every thing he met with that was worthy of his no- tice.
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